עֶגְלָה

eg.lahheifer
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine14 occurrences7 books13 verses
This word comes from the name of Eglath-shelishiyah.

Definition

feminine of H5695; a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)
Traditional renderings: calf, cow, heifer.

Glossary entries

Eglath-Shelishiyah

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

14 total
  1. Genesis 15:9עֶגְלָ֣ה · a heifer
    And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.”
  2. Deuteronomy 21:3עֶגְלַ֣ת · a heifer
    Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,
  3. Deuteronomy 21:4 (2×)הָֽעֶגְלָה֙ · the heifer; הָעֶגְלָ֖ה · {and break} its
    …bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
  4. Deuteronomy 21:6הָעֶגְלָ֖ה · the heifer
    Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,
  5. Judges 14:18בְּעֶגְלָתִ֔י · with my heifer
    Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”
  6. 1 Samuel 16:2עֶגְלַ֤ת
    “How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’
  7. Isaiah 7:21עֶגְלַ֥ת · a young cow
    On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,
  8. Isaiah 15:5עֶגְלַ֣ת · as far as Eglath-shelishiyah
    My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.
  9. Jeremiah 46:20עֶגְלָ֥ה · heifer
    Egypt is a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly from the north is coming against her.
  10. Jeremiah 48:34עֶגְלַ֖ת · and Eglath-shelishiyah
    There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
  11. Jeremiah 50:11כְּעֶגְלָ֣ה · like a heifer
    “Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph—you who plunder My inheritance—because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,
  12. Hosea 10:5לְעֶגְלוֹת֙ · for the calf
    The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn over it with its idolatrous priests—those who rejoiced in its glory—for it has been taken from them into exile.
  13. Hosea 10:11עֶגְלָ֤ה · heifer
    Ephraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground.